Bag-lock



(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1.

C. REINISGH.v BAG LOCK.

No. 405,119. 'Patented June 11, 1889.

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CHARLES REiNrscI-r, on NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BAG-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,119, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed .Tune 14, 1888. Serial No. 277,041. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES REINISCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Locks; and Ido hereby declare the following' to be a full,'clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refy erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention set forth in detail hereinafter relates to improvements in locks designed to be used more particularly on what is known as a cabin-bag or Victoria frame, and is designed to secure a lock ot greater strength and thereby better adapted to be used on the kind of frame mentioned above, and, further, a lock which, although very strong, is simple andcheap in construction.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated my invention, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views.

In said views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved lock applied to the abovementioned frame, part of the frame being' broken away to show more clearly the manner of securing the hasp-plate to the inside of the frame. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken through line ce, Fig. 1, looking` in the direction of the arrow x', showing the relation of the parts of the lock when the framesections of the bag are in their closed position. Figs. 3 and 4. are views similar to Fig. 2, the first of said iigures indicating the positions of the part-s when the frame-sections have been opened, and the latter of said gures showing the method of closing the frame-sections. Fig. 5 is afront elevation of the lock and hasp-plate secured to the frame-sections. Fig. v6 is a plan view of the under plate which is interposed between the lock and the bag-frame and part of the fastening mechanism projecting therethrough. Figs. 7 and 8 are longitudinal sections taken centrally through Fig. 6, showing the relation of the parts in their locked and unlocked positions, respectively; and Figs. 9 and 10 are plan views of Figs. 7 and 8, respectively. Figs.

plan views of toothed plates provided with bolt-carrying arms, and Fig. 17 is an end elevation of one of the toothed plates. Fig. 18 is a plan view of the hasp-plate, and Figs. 19

.and 2O are sectional views of centering devices arranged on the trame-sections of the bag.

The cabin-bag' or Victoria frame on which my improvement is intended to be used is shown in the drawings, and consists of the rigid end pieces A and the oppositely-hinged sections B and B', which close down over said rigid end portions and meet in the center of the frame, as is shown in Fig. 2, and as will be understood by those skilled in the art. This kind of frame requires a particularly strong lock because of its peculiar construction, to obtain which is the-object of my invention.

As shown in the drawings, the entire fastening device consists of a sliding casing c, which also by reason of its sliding movement acts as a linger-piece to fasten and unfasten the hinged sections of the bag, and which also contains the locking mechanism of the fastening device, which is not shown in detail, as I do not claim anything new in connection therewith. Said sliding casing moves reciprocally on a chambered plate d, between which and the hinged section B is inserted a plate e. (Shown more particularly in Figs. 5 and 7 and also in detail in Fig. 14.) Arranged and moving within said chambered plate CZ are toothed plates d and cl2, the toothed arms of which are held normally in mesh with an intermediately-arranged pinion d3, journaled to the chambered plate d, one of said toothed plates d being secured to and moving with the sliding casing c, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

Projecting downwardly through slots e and e2 in the plate c, and also through slots formed in the hinged section B of the frame, are arms d4 and d5, from which project oppositely-arranged bolts (Z6.

The plate c is provided with a loop e3, in

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which is arranged a spiral spring e4, which projects oppositely from each end of said loop and engages with the arms d* and d5 and acts to hold said arms away from each other, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, which their normal position.

To the opposite hinged section B is secured the hasp-plate j", from which project catching-loops j", which, when the bag is fastened, engage automatically with the locking-bolts d, carried by the opposite framesection B.

Between the frame-sections B and the end pieces A are arranged centering devices g and g, one of which, as g, is provided with a convex surface g2, while the other g has a concave surface g, which surfaces ht upon each other, and thus prevent the frame-section B from dropping upon the end piece A, and also prevents any side movement of the framesections.

It will readily be seen that this is a Very essential feature, as by this means the framesection B', and with it the hasp-plate, are brought in a position that when the other frame-section B is closed said position is exactly right to enable the engagement of the locking-bolts with the hasps or catching-loops. As shown in Figs. 19 and 20, said centering devices may be struck up from sheet metal and provided with teeth or tongues g4, by means of which they can be riveted to the frame-sections, or said pieces may be east solid, as is desirable.

In the drawings herewith accompanying the lock or fastening device has been shown in connection with what is known as a cabin-bag7 or Victoria frame, which necessitates the securing of the hasp-plate on the inner side of one of the frame-sections. This is of great advantage, since the appearance of the bag is not marred by the same. Said lock, however, may also be used on the ordinary bagframe by securing the hasp-plate to the outside of the frame, allowing the catching-loops on the hasp-plate to project through the frame and into the side of the casing instead of the bottom, as shown herein.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen thfat'the beveled surfaces on the bolts are cut at a peculiar angle, as also the inclined sides of the loops of the hasp. The object of this arrangement is to enable the bolts and hasploops to enter into engagement.

In operating the fastening device the sliding movement of the finger-piece c causes the toothed plate d to move, which in turn produces a movement in an opposite direction in the plate (Z2 through the pinion with which both of said plates mesh. The result of this operation is that the bolts d are caused to move toward one another and away from the hasp-loops, as shown in Fig. 8. Upon the release of the finger-piece the bolts, toothed plates, dsc., return to their normal position by the action of the spiral spring, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 7.

As mentionedlabove, the locking mechanism in the sliding casing or finger-piece c may be of any known construction, a pin c therein projecting into an L-shaped slot (t7 in the chambered plate d, by means of which pin the bolt or fastenin mechanism may be locked, as will be understood from Figs. 1], l2, and 13.

Ilaving thus described my invention, what I claim is I. A bag-frame consisting of end pieces A, to which are pivoted hinged sections B and B', substantially as shown, having arranged on said end pieces A centering devices g, and on the frame-section B similar devices y', said devices itting one within the other when the bag-frame is closed to prevent the side movement of the frame-sections of. the bag, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A bag-frame consistin g of end pieces A, to which are pivoted the hinged sections B and E', substantially as shown, having arranged on said end pieces A centering devices g, and on the frame-section B similar devices g', said device g being provided with a concave surface g2, and the other device g having a convex surface g, said surfaces itting one upon the other to prevent any side movement of the frame-sections of the bag, as and for the purposes set forth.

In a bag-lock, the combination, with a sliding casing c, of a chambered plate d and a fastening device consisting of a pinion and toothed plates, said plates being provided with arms projecting downwardly within the bag through the frame-section and provided with oppositely-proj ectin g bolts which engage with loops on a hasp-plate, for the purposes set forth.

4. In abag-fastening, the combination, with vcatching-bolts and catching-loops, of a boltoperatin g device consisting of a sliding casing moving reciprocally on a chambered plate, a pinion therein, toothed plates meshing with said pinion, said plates having arms projecting downwardly within the bag through the frame-section and having bolts thereon provided with beveled surfaces which engage wit-h inclined surfaces on the loops on the hasp-plate, and means to cause the return of said bolts to their normal position, substantially as described.

5. In a bag-fastenin g, the combination, with catching-bolts and catching-loops, of a boltoperating device consisting of a chambered plate having arranged therein toothed plates to which said bolts are connected, a pinion meshing with said toothed plates, a longitudinally-sliding finger-piece arranged on the top of said chambered plate and connected with one of the toothed plates in said chambered plate and operating in relation to said catching-bolts to cause their disengagement from the catching-loops, and a spring arranged to cause the return of said bolt-s to their normal positions, for the purposes set forth.

G. A bag-fastening consisting of a cham- IOO IIO

bered plate d, a plate e, having a spring-receiving loop thereon, a pinion d3, toothed plates d. and d2, meshing with said pinion, arms (Z4 and d5, projecting' downwardly from said toothed plates through said plate e and the bag-frame, oppositely-projecting bolts d, provided with beveled ends engaging with catching-loops having surfaces inclining toward each other, a spring arranged between said bolt-arms to cause the return of said bolts to their normal position within the loops, and a sliding piece e, arranged and operating in relation to said chambered plate d to cause the disengagement of said bolts from the catching-loops, for the purposes set forth.

7. A combined bag fastening and lock consisting of a chambered plate d, a sliding casing or linger-piece c, moving reciprocally on said plate, toothed plates d and dfmeshing with a pinion, all arranged and moving within the chambered plate, one of said toothed pla-tes being secured to the sliding casing, substantially as indicated, arms d4 and di", projecting downwardly from said toothed plates through slots e and e2 in the plate e and through the bag-frame, oppositely-proj ecting bolts secured to said arms, the inclined ends of which engage with inclined ends projecting toward each other on catching-loops on a loop-plate, a spring arranged within a loop on said plate e, projecting oppositely from each end thereof and engaging with the downwardly-projeeting arms d4 and clto cause the return of said bolts to their normal position when caused to be withdrawn from the loops by the fingerpiece, all of said parts being arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, with a locking device, substantially as described, of the frame-sections B and B, hinged to a rigid end piece A, the section B being provided with a haspplate having loops, the inclined surfaces of which project toward each other, the other of said hinged sections B being provided with a fastening device adapted to engage with said hasp-plate, as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a bag fastening, the combination, with catching-bolts and hasp-loops, of a boltoperating device consisting of toothed plates to which said bolts are connected, a pinion meshing with said toothed plates, and means operating with said plates to cause the same to operate the bolts, for the purposes set forth.

l0. In a bag-fastening, the combination, with catching-bolts and catching-loops, of a bolt-operating device consisting cf toothed plates provided with arms projecting down within the frame and to which arms said bolts are connected, said toothed plates being arranged within a chambered plate or casing, a

pinion meshing with said toothed plates, and means operating with said plate to cause the same to operate the bolts and cause the locking engagement of said bolts with the hasploops, for the purposes set forth.

l1. In abag-fastening, the combination, with catching bolts and catching loops, of toothed bolt-plates having arms arranged at right angles on said plates, a pinion meshing with said bolt-plates, all of said parts being arranged in a chambered casing, a iingerpiece secured to one of said bolt-plates, catching-bolts attached to and projecting at right angles from said projecting arms and moving longitudinally with said toothed plates and the finger-piecewithin the bag-frame and Within the bolt-openings in the catching-loop, and a spring whereby said bolts are held norm ally, within said catching-loops, said finger-piece moving reciprocally on the chambered casing and operating to cause the sliding longitudinal movement of the bolt-plates, for the purposes set forth.

12. In a bag-fastening, the combination, with catching-bolts and catching-loops, of a casing arranged on the top of a bag-frame, provided with means for operating said bolts, said bolts being concealed beneath the framesection of the bag and moving longitudinally within the boltopenings in the catchingloops, a spring whereby said bolts are normally held within said openings, and a fingerpiece arranged on the casing o'n the outside of the bag-frame, the catchingloops being beveled and engaging with the beveled ends of the .catching-bolts to receivethe same in the perforations in said loops, substantially as for the purposes set forth.

13. The combination, with a locking device, substantially as described, of the frame-sections B and B, hinged to a rigid end piece A, the section B being provided with a hasp-plate havin glo ops the inclined surfaces of which project toward each other, the other of said hinged sectionsB being provided with a fastening device adapted to engage With said hasp-plate, and centering devices g and g', arranged on the end pieces A and the sections B', respectively, iittin g one upon the other to prevent the side movement of the frame-sections of the bag when the same is closed, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony thatl claim the invention set forth above l have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of June, 1888.

CHARLES REINISCH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, L S. Coon.

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